Rack-operated toy



C. ARNOLD 1 March 17, 1931.

RACK OPERATED TOY l r zuerz [or Patented Mar. 17, 193i UITED STATES CARLARNOLD, OF NUREMBEBG, GERMANY RACK-OPERATED TOY application filedNovember 19, 1929, Serial No. 408,807, and in Germany October 26, 1829.

This invention relates to a rack operated toy locomotive the wheels ofwhich are rapidly rotated by a driving wheel adapted to be operated by arack, sparks being produced at a the same time by a spark producingdevice and ejected through the smoke stack so that they become visible.

A11 embodiment of the invention is illustrated by way of example in theaccompany- 1e ing drawing in which Fig. l is a front elevation and Fig.2 a rear elevation of the toy locomotive.

The toy according to the invention consists of a rack operated drivingmechanism a of known type, which has auxiliary gear wheels I) and c. Onthe front side of the driving mechanism a a plate 7'' of sheet metal orother suitable material imitating a locomotive is fixed and paintedaccordingly. On this plate f two wheels 9' and z are rotatably mounted,the wheel 9 being rotated directly by the shaft h of the drivingmechanism a and the wheel '5 by a connecting rod is from the wheel g.

lhe axle of the locomotive wheel 2' is journailed in a reinforcin pieceZ on the rear side of the plate f imitating a locomotive. On thelocomotive wheel 9 a second connecting rod 70 is mounted which operatesa piston rod engaging with a piston.

On the driving mechanism a a friction disc m is further arranged androtated by said driving mechanism. A cerium stone p in the end of anoscillat-able lever 0 bears against said friction disc. The sparksproduced by the friction of the cerium stone on the friction disc areprojected through a smoke stack 9 fixed on plate f so thatthey arevisible from the outer side.

For the rack drive a screw'spindle drive may be substituted.

I claim 2- 1. A rack operated toy, comprising in comhination a rackoperated driving mechanism of known type, a plate fixed on the frontside of said driving mechanism said plate shaped and painted torepresent a locomotive, a large wheel rotatably mounted on the frontside of said plate on the end of the shaft of said driving mechanism, aconnecting rod hingedly 59 mounted on said wheel and a second locomotivewheel journaled on said plate and rotated by said connecting rod.

2. A rack operated toy, comprising in combination a rack operated drivinmechanism of known type, a plate fixed on t e front side of said drivingmechanism said plate shaped and painted to represent a locomotive, alarge wheelrotatably mounted on the front side of said plate on the endof the shaft of said driving mechanism, a connecting rod hingedlymounted on said wheel, a reinforcing piece on the rear side of saidplate, a second locomotive wheel journaled on said reinforcing piece androtated by said connecting rod, a second connecting rod on said wheel,and a piston rod hingedly fixed on the outer end of said secondconnecting rod.

3. A rack operated toy, comprising in combination a rack operateddriving mechanism of known type, a plate fixed on the front side of saiddriving mechanism said plate shaped and painted to represent alocomotive, a large wheel rotatably mounted on the front side of saidplate on the end of the shaft of said driving mechanism, a connectingrod hingedly 7 mounted on said wheel, a reinforcing piece on the rearside of said plate, a second loco motive wheel journaled in saidreinforcing piece and rotated by said connecting rod, 21 secondconnecting rod on said wheel, a piston rod hingedly fixed on the outerend of said second connecting rod, a casing representing a smoke stackfixed on the rear side of-said plate, and a spark producing device ofknown type driven from said driving mechanism ar ranged under saidcasing so that the sparks produced are thrown out through said casing.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CARL ARNOLD.

